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Alternative center in Cape faces financial scrutiny
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
After nine years of serving at-risk students from local high schools, the Cape Girardeau Alternative Education Center is losing financial ground. This year, the program took $210,000 in hits from its three main grant funding sources, leaving the cash-strapped Cape Girardeau School District to make up the difference...
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Area volleyball district glances
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/03)
Class 4, District 1 at Farmington Today: 1. Jackson, bye; 2. Farmington vs. 7. Central, 8 p.m.; 3. Poplar Bluff vs. 6. Sikeston, 6:30 p.m.; 4. Hillsboro vs. 5. North County, 5 p.m. Tuesday: Jackson vs. 4-5 winner, 5 p.m.; 2-7 winner vs. 3-6 winner, 6:30 p.m.; Championship, 8 p.m...
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Voter questions location change for Nov. 4 issue
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/03)
To the editor: I just received a postcard in mail saying that I now have to vote in Burfordville for the special tax issue that the Jackson School District has on the Nov. 4 ballot. I wonder how many of 54 Whitewater precinct voters will vote now. I was told that the county clerk did this to save taxpayer money, but I believe it was to make it harder so we would not vote on this issue...
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It's still possible to adopt animals by other sources
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/03)
To the editor: Since I had such an overwhelming response to my letter last month about the Humane Society, I would like to report that, thanks to the Southeast Missourian's "free for the taking" ads, I have adopted a Great Pyrenees-German shepherd mix. Both breeds are known for their trait of staying with a flock and guarding it against predators...
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Drug courts, rehab have similar goals
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/03)
To the editor: Paul J. Allee's letter regarding equal justice is either an uninformed liberal lob or a thinly veiled attempt at class warfare. Equal justice for all is not a "kooky liberal idea" but the cornerstone of our country that is constantly being hewn...
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Freda Becker
(Obituary ~ 10/27/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Freda Pearl Murdock Becker, 82, of Sikeston died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 18, 1921, in Maynard, Ark., daughter of Aubrey and Valda Kidd Templeton. She and Artrue Becker were married on July 15, 1974, at Sikeston...
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Kathy McLendon
(Obituary ~ 10/27/03)
Kathy Sue McLendon, 45, of Shawneetown died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at her residence. She was born Nov. 15, 1957, at Shawneetown, daughter of Raymond "Lefty" and Helen Pfeiffer Hecht. McLendon worked in the packaging department at Gilster-Mary Lee in Perryville, Mo. She was a graduate of Jackson High School and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown...
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George Hornberger
(Obituary ~ 10/27/03)
CAIRO, Ill. -- George Roy Hornberger, 77, of Cairo died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 12, 1926, at Cairo, son of Roy and Helen Porter Hornberger. He and his wife, Louise, were married for 38 years...
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S.A. Gunter
(Obituary ~ 10/27/03)
S.A. "Sam" Gunter, 78, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Carolin Julian
(Obituary ~ 10/27/03)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Carolin Pauline Julian, 57, of Grassy, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, at her residence. She was born May 7, 1946, at East Tawas, Mich., daughter of Paul and Dorothy Collins Dickerson. Julian was a dispatcher for a trucking company and a member of the Lutheran faith...
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Out of the past 10/27/03
(Out of the Past ~ 10/27/03)
10 years ago: Oct. 27, 1993 With Halloween falling on Sunday this year, area police departments and news agencies throughout area have been receiving hundreds of phone calls from parents desperate to know when to set their little goblins and ghosts loose; to confuse issue further, municipalities of Delta and Advance have moved trick-or-treating to Saturday...
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Region briefs 10/27/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/03)
Perryville man injured in two-car wreck A 26-year-old Perryville, Mo., man was injured in a two-car accident early Sunday morning on Perry County Highway 51 near Alma, Mo. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Todd Koester received moderate injuries when he lost control pulling onto the highway and was struck by a vehicle driven by Jeremy Zahner, also of Perryville. Koester was taken to Perry County Memorial hospital by ambulance...
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People on the move 10/26/03
(Business ~ 10/27/03)
Chartwells chef named to culinary network Executive chef Emily Bashore has recently been appointed to the Regional Culinary Network for Chartwells' High Education Central Region. Bashore joined Chartwells at Southeast Missouri State University as executive chef on Sept. 19, 2002. Bashore completed Master Works I training in Hyde Park, N.Y., in April and Master Works II training in California in June...
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FBI to probe harassment of Muslims
(State News ~ 10/27/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The Egyptian-born owner of a St. Louis area day-care center has been subjected to harassing phone calls and leaflets, and the center has been vandalized, prompting an FBI investigation into possible hate crimes, a Muslim official said. "I have no idea why racists do the things they do," said James Hacking III, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations office in St. Louis. "When it's a repeated, targeted kind of a thing, it really puts a little fear in you."...
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Unemployment rate falls slightly in September
(Business ~ 10/27/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's unemployment rate fell slightly in September as the state regained jobs, but employment still lagged behind that of a year ago. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September was 5.4 percent -- down two-tenths of a percentage point from August, the Department of Economic Development said late last week...
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Yankees may pay following World Series loss to Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 10/27/03)
NEW YORK -- The Florida dugout was littered with champagne bottles, beer cans, cigars and a discarded box of Kodak film. A snapshot of the winning side, for sure. "I don't believe we won," said Marlins catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who kissed home plate when it was all over. "But we did it."...
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Rams mend road ills
(Professional Sports ~ 10/27/03)
PITTSBURGH -- With Marc Bulger making himself right at home, the Rams finally played as well on the road and in the rain as in their comfortable dome. Bulger passed for 375 yards and a touchdown in his Pittsburgh homecoming and third-string running back Arlen Harris ran for three touchdowns in his first NFL start, leading the Rams past the slumping Steelers 33-21 Sunday...
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Defeat leaves Indians in a must-win scenario
(College Sports ~ 10/27/03)
The bad news for Southeast Missouri State University's football team was Saturday night's 27-24 home loss to Murray State. The good news for the Indians is that in this unpredictable Ohio Valley Conference season, they're not out of the hunt for their first OVC championship...
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Violence of wildfires stems from dangerous conditions
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- The wildfires ravaging Southern California are fueled by drought- and insect-ravaged vegetation and stoked by hot, dry winds racing over terrain untouched by flame or ax for decades. The combination primed the region for a disaster that began to unfold a week ago when fires -- some linked to arson -- began spreading through dense chaparral and forest, officials said...
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More than 650 homes burn as wildfires ravage California
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
SAN BERNADINO, Calif. -- Flames stoked by powerful winds raced through Southern California on Sunday, growing to more than 208,000 acres, destroying 650 homes in densely populated suburbs and causing at least 13 deaths. At least nine people were killed in the state's largest fire in eastern San Diego, including two who died inside their car as they apparently tried to escape the flames, San Diego Sheriff Bill Kolender said...
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Democrats bicker over Iraq in televised fifth campaign debate
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
DETROIT -- Democratic presidential contenders attacked President Bush's postwar policy in Iraq with gusto in a their fifth campaign debate Sunday night, accusing him of failing to protect the troops, seek international help or level with the American people...
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U.S. colonel dead after missile attack
(International News ~ 10/27/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. occupation authority retreated from its headquarters Sunday after Iraqi insurgents, using a "science project" of a rocket launcher, attacked the heavily guarded hotel with a missile barrage that killed an American colonel, wounded 18 other people and sent the visiting deputy defense secretary scurrying for safety...
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Water rising as rescuers look for Russian miners
(International News ~ 10/27/03)
NOVOSHAKHTINSK, Russia -- More water flooded into a coal mine Sunday as rescuers labored to reach 13 miners they believe could still be alive after being trapped thousands of feet underground for a third day. On Saturday, 33 trapped, exhausted miners were brought to the surface. But emergency workers were unable to locate the position of 13 others in the Zapadnaya mine in southern Russia...
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Nine USAID relief workers killed in western Sudan
(International News ~ 10/27/03)
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Nine Sudanese relief workers for an American aid agency were killed during clashes between warring tribes in western Sudan, an agency official said Sunday. Andrew Natsios, head of the United States Agency for International Development, told reporters at the American Embassy in Khartoum that the nine workers were killed a week ago while transferring aid to displaced Sudanese in camps in the country's western Darfur region...
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Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan
(International News ~ 10/27/03)
CAIRO, Egypt -- The holy month of Ramadan has begun throughout the Middle East, with Muslims observing their first day of weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting, followed by sumptuous meals at family homes, five-star restaurants or free-to-eat-at tables lining city streets...
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New nature center to use recycled materials, ease flooding
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
Old Fords may keep the rain off visitors' heads at the nature center off Kingshighway near Interstate 55 between Jackson and Cape Girardeau. The roof, when finished, will be made of steel from recycled car bodies. The $4.7 million center will feature some recycled materials in its construction and flood protection for landowners downstream. It is slated for completion by the beginning of 2005...
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Escapees found inside prison
(State News ~ 10/27/03)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Two convicted murderers who disappeared after allegedly beating another inmate to death at a prison ice plant were found Sunday, still inside the Missouri State Penitentiary. Inmates Christopher Sims and Shannon Phillips were discovered about 8 a.m. Sunday in the same building where they are believed to have killed convicted murderer Toby Viles on Wednesday evening, corrections department spokesman John Fougere said...
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SE Missouri now has bevy of leaders
(Editorial ~ 10/27/03)
After years of being a forgotten region when it came to leadership in state government, Southeast Missouri is on a roll. The latest: Rod Jetton, Republican representative from Marble Hill, already has been tapped to be speaker of the House in 2005. There are a few conditions, the biggest one being that Republicans must retain their new majority in the House. ...
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Missouri State Fair Smile Contest
(Community News ~ 10/27/03)
Submitted photo Winners of the 2003 Southeast Missouri State Fair Smile Contest were, from left, Emma Dickerson of Perryville, Mo., second place; McKenzie Goodson of Cape Girardeau, first place; and Bryton Jones of Chaffee, Mo., third place.
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Lutheran Home Auxiliary named a Point of Light
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
A 2003 winner of the Area Wide United Way's annual Volunteer Recognition Award, The Lutheran Home Auxiliary was also recognized nationally by the Points of Light Foundation as an outstanding volunteer group. Following the annual recognition luncheon in April, the United Way nominated the four winners of its awards as Daily Points of Light...
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Community briefs 10/27/03
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
Genealogical society holding informal meeting The Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Riverside Regional Library in Jackson. This informal meeting will be a time of research with no business meeting or formal program presented. Visitors are invited to bring their questions and work with more experienced genealogists at the meeting...
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Community Q&A 10/27/03
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
Name: Cecilia Larson Lives in: Jackson Family: Husband, David, and children, Robert, Stephen and Danielle. Job: Records and research assistant at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Community cuisine 10/27/03
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
Thanksgiving dinner and craft bazaar scheduled The annual Thanksgiving dinner and craft bazaar will be held at Patton United Methodist Church in Patton, Mo., at 3 p.m. Nov. 22. The menu is ham, turkey and dressing and all the trimmings. Carry-outs will be available. Children 5 and under will eat free...
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Preschoolers learn about baseball during walk to library
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
While walking to the Cape Girardeau Public Library for the weekly storytelling hour, preschoolers from Community Day Preschool expressed an interest in the baseball field behind St. Vincent's. That resulted in a baseball game between two teams after the preschoolers' positions were explained and the rules of baseball were discussed...
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Military digest 10/27/03
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
Seaman finishes Navy basic training Navy Seaman Recruit Greg A. Kimble II, son of Debbie K. and Greg A. Kimble of Sikeston, Mo., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Kimble completed training on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness...
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Cape police report 10/27/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 27 The following items were reported by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests A juvenile was taken into custody Sunday for possession of marijuana. A suspect was in custody pending formal charges Saturday for suspicion of driving while intoxicated....
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Cape, Jackson fire reports 10/27/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 27 Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: At 1:47 a.m., a request for medical assistance at 205 S. Pacific. At 7:17 a.m., an alarm sounding at 500 William. At 10:50 a.m., an alarm sounding at 211 St. Francis Drive...
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Supreme Court bides time in Sept. 11 challenges
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has stayed out of judging the Bush administration's terrorism-fighting strategy, but that soon could change. Lower courts have kept busy with challenges to the imprisonment of "enemy combatants" in the United States, government spying, secrecy about immigrants arrested after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the detention of terrorism suspects in Cuba...
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Web link lets Jackson parents track students
(Editorial ~ 10/27/03)
It's every Web-savvy, caring parent's dream. With nothing more than an Internet connection, a user name and a password, Jackson parents can take a look at almost every aspect of their children's education. Thanks to ParentLink, which cost the district nothing more than some inexpensive software and the time to install it, mothers and fathers can find out online their children's daily course schedule, current day attendance, attendance history, grades for the current year, grade history, lunch deposits and charges, lunch history and balances and fines and fees.. ...
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Even Jeter was prone to an uncommon fall
(Sports Column ~ 10/27/03)
Hope died hard and inevitably for the New York Yankees when even their most stalwart player, Derek Jeter, succumbed to a case of the bumbles. Errors and stranded runners conspired to dismantle the Yankees in the World Series as surely as the Florida Marlins did with their timely hitting, gutsy pitching and a defiant, too-young-to-know-better attitude...
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Pakistan seeks more American help fighting terrorism on border
(International News ~ 10/27/03)
TARIQ OUTPOST, Pakistan -- By day, Pakistani troops stake out a hilltop shelter built of mud and stone, peering through binoculars at the narrow gullies and expanse of plain below. At night, they climb into four-wheel-drive pickup trucks and patrol the unpaved tracks along the Afghan border -- round-the-clock vigilance aimed at catching Taliban and al-Qaida militants...
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'Scary Movie 3' brings franchise back to life
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
LOS ANGELES -- The "Scary Movie" franchise has risen from the grave, with part three of the horror-spoof series opening as the top weekend flick with $49.7 million, the best October debut ever. "Scary Movie 3" bumped the previous weekend's No. 1 movie, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," to second place with $14.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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People talk 10/27/03
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
Crowe looks forward to next role: Dad-iator LOS ANGELES -- Oscar-winner Russell Crowe can't wait to take on his next role -- as a father. "Like, whoa, this is gonna be fun," Crowe told Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart on Saturday. Crowe, 39, and his wife, Danielle Spencer, are expecting their first child in January...
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Nation briefs 10/27/03
(National News ~ 10/27/03)
Three infant bodies found in garbage bag in Texas BROWNWOOD, Texas -- A family renovating a rural home they had lived in for three years found an old trash bag in an attic crawl space containing the mummified bodies of three infants. Authorities said Sunday they were investigating the deaths as homicides...
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Old Orchard Road extension less dusty after paving work
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
It's ironic that a company called "Clean" was on one of the few dusty roads within the city limits of Jackson. But workers at the uniform cleaning warehouse are glad that the dust has settled on the Old Orchard Road extension. The concrete has been poured and the street striped all the way to Clean's parking lot, near the water tower that can be seen from Interstate 55...
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Jackson fire, police ready for open house
(Local News ~ 10/27/03)
To show appreciation for the outpouring of help and donations after a tornado devastated their headquarters, the Jackson fire and police departments are inviting the public to an open house Thursday afternoon at the emergency complex. A tornado ripped apart the building May 6 at the corner of Hope Street and Jackson Boulevard. The roof was shredded and windows were shattered by high winds and debris...
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Illustrious Jack's looks for new spot in spring
(Column ~ 10/27/03)
The owners of Illustrious Jack's have decided to send the frozen custard restaurant into hibernation for the winter months and have announced that, when it emerges next spring, it will be in a new spot. Illustrious Jack's closed at 9 p.m. Sunday. It will be the last time the store will operate at 1740 Broadway, where it has been located since it opened in July 2002...
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Destiny gives a wink to the Marlins
(Sports Column ~ 10/27/03)
Destiny is a fickle girl. One moment she's dancing with the young crowd, guys that are almost half his age (Mike Sciocia and Bob Brenly). The next, she's flirting with old friends she's always stabbed in the back (Cubs and Red Sox) just to do it again...
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Speak Out 10/27/03
(Speak Out ~ 10/27/03)
They're good people YOU DO not need a degree to be a good teacher. Parents do it at home all the time. What you need is a genuine love for the child and commitment to stick with it. Good teachers are not produced by universities or colleges. They are good teachers because they are good people...
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High holpes for high-end goods
(Business ~ 10/27/03)
NEW YORK Luxury is making a comeback. This holiday season, upscale retailers are selling mega-high-end merchandise like $5,000 handbags, $15,000 diamond necklaces and even $8,500 caviar servers. And they expect consumers to splurge again after two years of hunkering down...
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Missouri hopes for Arkansas' help to deal with polluted lake
(State News ~ 10/27/03)
VIOLA, Mo. -- Four years into a five-year study, researchers investigating pollution in Table Rock Lake have reached a conclusion that raises more questions than it answers. The lake in southwest Missouri, near the Arkansas line, is too large and complex to track all the factors affecting its water quality. That makes it difficult to determine which pollution-control efforts are working and which aren't...
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DESE funding push has MoDOT parallels
(State News ~ 10/27/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In requesting an $820.2 million budget boost for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the next fiscal year, state education commissioner Dr. Kent King says the agency is simply conveying the message that Missouri is lagging behind in its financial commitment to public schools...
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